Farm-gate



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FARM GATE.

Patented Nov. 15, 1887.

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OGDEN A. WILLIAMS, QF NORTH LANSING, MICHIGAN.

FARM-GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 373,116, dated November 15, 1887.

' Application filed August 11, 1857. Serial No. 246,663. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern: i

Be it known that I, QGDEN A. WILLIAMs, a citizen of the United States, residing at North Lansing, in the county of Ingham and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Farm-Gates, of which the followingis a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in farm-gates.

The object of the invention is to construct a farm-gate that can readily be vertically raised or adjusted in order to clear obstructionssuch as snow in the winter-or to allow small stock to pass under it, while it prevents the larger animals from passing through. It is also de signed to be so constructed as to relieve all lateral strain of the gate upon thepost.

To this end the invention consists in the pe culiar construction, arrangement, and combinations of the various parts, all as more fully hereinafter set forth.

Figure 1 is an elevation of my improved gate closed. Fig. 2 is a perspective view with the gate elevated so as to allow small stock to pass under it. Fig. 3 is a'verticalsection through the gate and its fastenings.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, A represents the hinge-post, and B the latch-post, of a gateway.

O is a heel-post, which is hinged to the post A, preferably by means of an eye-and-staple hinge, as shown.

E is a slatted gate the upper and lower rear corners of which are provided with brackets F and G, respectively, the former being provided with an anti-friction roller, H, which bears against the outer face of the heel-post 0, while the latter is provided with a similar. roller, I, which bears against the inner or opposite face of the heel-post. These brackets loosely embrace the heel-post, so that the gate can readily and easily be raised vertically, as

' hereinafter described.

between which and the gate the free end of the lever Jprojects and overlaps the latch-post B.

This latch-post has projecting from it a series of flanged or shouldered stops, L, and upon O, which enables me to use a much lighter and r less cumbersome lever than if such truss-rod were dispensed with.

In practice it will be seen that when the free end of the lever rests upon any one of the stops N the gate is prevented from sliding down to the ground, andmay be freely swung upon its hinges. If it is intended to be left open, the lever should be detached from its rest and the gate allowed to drop to its lowest position, where it rests upon the ground. When the gate is closed from such open position, it will automatically latch itself. The free end of the lever striking the latch-post and being thrown off from the stop N it will be caught upon the stop L of the latch-post next below.

If it is desired to hold the gate in a higher or lower closed position for the purpose of providing egress under the gate for small animals, such adjustment is easily obtained by raising thefree end of the lever from one stop to another stop, which movement carries the gate up vertically with it as the rear end of the gate slides on the heel-post, or the front end of the gate may be entirely dropped to the ground, if desired; and for this latter adj ustment I preferably provide a slotted stop or counteracting lateral strain upon the hingepost caused in other gates is avoided.

WVhat I claim as my invention is- 1. In a farm-gate, the combination,with the hingepost, of a heel-post hinged thereto and projecting above the same, a gate-frame having a vertically-sliding engagement therewith, a lever fnlerunied at or near the center of the gate-frame, a link suspending the rear end of said lever from the heel-post, a series of laterally-projecting stops on the front stile of the gate, and a series of laterally-projecting stops on the latch-post, all arranged substantially as described.

2. In a farm-gate, the CO1l1bll]dtlOll,Wlt1l the hinge-post, of a Swinging heel -post hinged thereto and projecting above the same, a gateframe having a vertically-sliding engagement therewith by means of brackets and frictionrollers, a hanger between the rear end of said lever and the top of the lieelpost, a series of laterally-proiecting stops on the front stile of the gate, and a series of laterally-prejecting shouldered stops on the lateh-post, all substantially as and for the purposes described.

OGDEN A. WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

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